| CITY | LOCAL TIME | Difference | Coming up |
|---|---|---|---|
| London United Kingdom | 01:00 | −7h | Becomes −8h on 25 Oct |
| Berlin Germany | 02:00 | −6h | Becomes −7h on 25 Oct |
| Dubai UAE | 04:00 | −4h | |
| Tokyo Japan | 09:00 | +1h | |
| Sydney Australia | 10:00 | +2h | Becomes +3h on 4 Oct |
| New York United States | 20:00Wed | −12h | Becomes −13h on 1 Nov |
| Los Angeles United States | 17:00Wed | −15h | Becomes −16h on 1 Nov |
Zamboanga City, Philippines runs on UTC+8. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. The time difference between Zamboanga City and New York is 12 hours. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with New York, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. The time difference between Zamboanga City and London is 7 hours. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 2 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 16:00–18:00 in Zamboanga City lines up with 09:00–11:00 in London. The time difference between Zamboanga City and Tokyo is 1 hour. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 8 hours a day with Tokyo. A good time to connect: 09:00–17:00 in Zamboanga City lines up with 10:00–18:00 in Tokyo. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Manila. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Zamboanga City.
Zamboanga City (Philippines) is home to roughly 980K people. Today brings about 12.1 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:39, sunset at 17:43. This time zone stays fixed year-round at UTC+8 — daylight saving time is not observed. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 7° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Philippines
Capital
Manila
Continent
Asia
Time Zone
UTC+8 · Asia/Manila
Coordinates
6.91°N, 122.08°E
Currency
PHP (₱)
Calling Code
+63
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
Filipino, English
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Zamboanga speaks Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole with around a million speakers — the only Spanish creole in Asia, and one of very few surviving anywhere. It formed around the Spanish garrison at Fort Pilar from 1635.
The clock: Zamboanga keeps UTC+8 and its vinta sailboats, with striped triangular sails, race each October during the Hermosa festival.
Zamboanga City lies at 122.1°E. Its time zone, UTC+8, is built around the 120°E meridian. The 2.1° gap between them means the clock runs roughly 8 minutes behind the sun: solar noon arrives at about 11:52 rather than 12:00. The zone holds UTC+8 all year — there is no daylight saving here.
The longest day of 2026 is 22 June, with 12h 31m of daylight. The shortest is 22 December, with 11h 43m. The swing between them is 48 minutes. Within a few degrees of the equator the length of the day barely moves all year.
The earliest sunrise and the latest sunset do not land on the longest day. In Zamboanga City the sun comes up earliest on 26 May at 05:34, while the latest sunset waits until 18 July at 18:12. The equation of time is what separates them: the Earth's elliptical orbit and axial tilt move solar noon back and forth by several minutes over the year.
The sky stays usably light for a while after the sun goes down. In Zamboanga City that civil twilight runs about 21 minutes at the equinox.
Every figure in this section is computed from the city's own latitude, longitude and IANA time zone using NOAA solar algorithms (Spencer, 1971), accurate to about ±2 arcminutes below 65° latitude.
The official timezone for Zamboanga City, Philippines is Asia/Manila with a current UTC offset of UTC+8.
Zamboanga City has an estimated population of 980K and is located at coordinates 6.91°N, 122.08°E.
Zamboanga City gets 12h 31m of daylight on its longest day and 11h 43m on its shortest, averaging 12h 7m a day across the year.
Solar noon in Zamboanga City falls at about 11:52 on UTC+8 standard time, because the city sits 2.1° from the meridian its zone is built on.
A City That Speaks Spanish Creole: Zamboanga speaks Chavacano, a Spanish-based creole with around a million speakers — the only Spanish creole in Asia, and one of very few surviving anywhere. It formed around the Spanish garrison at Fort Pilar from 1635.